Barbara Gilders

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Barbara Gilders
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Gilders in 1959
Personal information
Full nameBarbara Sue Gilders
Born (1937-07-23) July 23, 1937 (age 86)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
Sport Diving
ClubDetroit Athletic Club
Coached by Clarence Pinkston
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1959 Chicago 3 m springboard

Barbara Sue Gilders (later Dudeck, born July 23, 1937) is a retired American diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1959 Pan American Games and finished fourth and third, respectively. [1] Coached by four-time Olympic medalist, Clarence Pinkston, Gilders entered the Olympics as the 1956 AAU champion, and Olympic Trials silver medalist. Later she won the AAU indoor titles in the one-meter (1958) and three-meter springboard (1959). [2] [3] In June 1959, she won the Pan American Games trials; later that summer, in what would be her final international competition, Gilders won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games. [4] [5]

Personal life

Gilders is a native of Detroit, MI, and attended Mackenzie High School. [6]

Gilders is the younger sister of Fletcher Gilders, a two-time NCAA diving champion at Ohio State. Fletcher was also a Hall of Fame Diving Coach for Ohio University and three-time NCAA Division III Coach of the Year at Kenyon College. Gilders married John Dudeck, a former swimmer for Michigan State University. A Big Ten Conference record holder and two-time Big Ten titlist in the 100-yard breaststroke (1953 and 54), he was a nine-time All-American for the Spartans (1953–55). [7] [8] [9] Their daughter Diane Dudeck won the national indoor title in the one-meter springboard in 1981; she was also a 1984 NCAA All-American. [10]

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References

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